Plastic recycling headlines by topic
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Agricultural plastics
- Film specialist puts $20 million behind capacity growth
- Ag plastics recycling effort to kick off in Maine
- Virgin PP producer moves deeper into recycling
Asia
- Details on Circulate Capital’s Indian plastics investments
- US and Canada approve pact as Basel restrictions near
- COVID-19 and China drive global market changes
Brand owners
- Global companies make recycled plastic moves
- PCR mandates gain traction but come with complexity
- Unilever invests in fund that acquires recycling companies
Canada
- INEOS Styrolution inks deal with PS recycling startup
- Canada Plastics Pact kicks off with 2025 goals
- Groups question US-Canada Basel arrangement
Challenging materials
- Global companies make recycled plastic moves
- Collector and broker adds e-plastics processing line
- CARE reaches legal settlement with California regulators
Collection
- First Person Perspective: Reverse vending machines can help our industry reverse collection struggles
- Program looks to boost supply of scrap PE film
- Recycling operators sound off on packaging EPR
Container deposits
- Big drop in California redemption rate? State and group don’t agree
- ‘There is no supply’
- Beverage distributor boosts RPET use in Europe
Converters
- Recycled resin buyers report boosted profits
- Packaging producer boosts PCR consumption by 37%
- Packaging giant closes plant that consumes RPET
Courts/lawsuits
- Lucent execs sentenced for federal crimes
- Lawsuit takes aim at Walmart’s plastic recycling labels
- Authorities hit processor with felony environmental charges
EPR/stewardship
- CARE reaches legal settlement with California regulators
- Federal plastics proposal returns this week
- Expansive EPR proposal is back in play in California
Europe
- Collector and broker adds e-plastics processing line
- Basel changes may cause material pileup in UK
- Slew of food-contact PET approvals issued
Exports
- Online event dives into markets, policy and more
- Exporter: Malaysian case provides some Basel clarity
- Surprise rise: Plastic exports up to start 2021
Film
- Global companies make recycled plastic moves
- PE processor and manufacturer plans $30 million site
- Program looks to boost supply of scrap PE film
HDPE
- Recycled resin buyers report boosted profits
- Reclaimer and end user expands in Indiana
- CarbonLite starts pelletizing material from caps and labels
Industry groups
- Online event dives into markets, policy and more
- Details on NERC’s diversity-building scholarship program
- Industry connects online at a pivotal juncture
LDPE
- Global companies make recycled plastic moves
- Film producer releases offering with 50% PCR
- Trex starts up Virginia production plant
Legislation
- Online event dives into markets, policy and more
- Industry connects online at a pivotal juncture
- EPA hears divergent opinions on chemical recycling
Marine debris
- Reuters: Renew Oceans project shuts down
- Details on Circulate Capital’s Indian plastics investments
- Federal lawmakers pass Save Our Seas 2.0
Markets
- Online event dives into markets, policy and more
- Post-consumer bale prices rise
- Post-consumer plastic bale prices jump
Opinion
- In My Opinion: Post-industrial plastics cannot be ignored
- First Person Perspective: Undoing plastic bans is risky business
- In My Opinion: Convenient PET collection is key
PET
- Global companies make recycled plastic moves
- Colgate-Palmolive launches 100% PCR bottle
- CarbonLite files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
PP
- Sorting facilities receive PP recovery funds
- Recycling facilities receive $2 million to boost PP recovery
- Investors buy PureCycle and move to take it public
Processors
- Post-industrial recycler opens larger facility
- Industry connects online at a pivotal juncture
- State awards grants to boost plastics recycling
PS
- AmSty aims to increase PCR in food packaging
- Prime producers partner up on PS chemical recycling facility
- Novolex brand begins using recycled PS in cutlery
PVC
- AZEK discloses plastics recycling details
- Recycled plastic end markets expand
- Where exports displaced from China are finding a home
Research
Rigid plastics
- End user in Southeast expands mixed-plastic capacity
- QRS Re-Poly sold to settle debt from failed expansion
- Packaging producer boosts PCR consumption by 37%